Airline Transport Pilot and Type Rating for Airplane Category › III. Takeoffs and Landings › Task J. Go-Around/Rejected Landing

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A stabilized approach, including energy management concepts.

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Airplane Flying Handbook p. 9-6
Chapter 9: Approaches and Landings › Final Approach › Stabilized Approach Concept
cause a sudden decrease in lift, an excessive sink rate, and an aggravated unstable condition. If the approach is too high or too low, it may not be possible to establish a stabilized approach, and the pilot should execute ... around. Typically, pilots go-around if unable to establish a stabilized approach by 500 ft above airport elevation in visual meteorological conditions (VMC) or 1,000 ft above airport elevation in instrument conditions (IMC). For a typical GA piston aircraft…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 9-30
Chapter 9: Approaches and Landings › Faulty Approaches and Landings › High Final Approach
sudden decrease in lift and causes the airplane to sink more rapidly. If there is any doubt about the approach being safely completed, it is advisable to execute an immediate go-around. Figure 9-30. Right and wrong methods ... correction for low final approach. High Final Approach When the final approach is too high, the pilot may lower the flaps as required. Further reduction in power may be necessary, while lowering the nose simultaneously to maintain approach airspeed…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 9-21
Chapter 9: Approaches and Landings › Short-Field Approach and Landing
When safety and conditions permit, a wider-than-normal pattern with a longer final approach may be used. This allows the pilot ample opportunity to adjust and stabilize the descent angle after the airplane is configured and trimmed. A stabilized ... approach is essential. The procedures for landing on a short field or for landing approaches over obstacles as recommended in the AFM/POH should be used. [Figure 9-22 and Figure 9-23] These procedures generally involve a final approach started…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 9-26
Chapter 9: Approaches and Landings › Power-Off Accuracy Approaches › 180° Power-Off Approach
full attention is given to making a good, safe landing rather than concentrating on the selected landing spot. The approach angle used and final approach airspeed determine the probability of landing on the spot, and late adjustments to these parameters ... from the spot than to make a poor landing precisely on or just past the spot. 180° Power-Off Approach The 180° power-off approach is executed by gliding with idle power from a given point on a downwind…